Pymavlink channel control

[EliotBR (Eliot)]

Hi @Neve,

As I apparently mentioned to you a year ago,

@EliotBR

MAVLink connections expect to receive a heartbeat message at least every second (if not received the communication may be stopped), and when you’re controlling the vehicle it’s subject to the heartbeat failsafe, and rc override commands are subject to the pilot input failsafe and to RC_OVERRIDE_TIME.

@Neve

My question is that if there are any other functions or solutions that the thrusters could keep working without being written in the while loop.

To clarify,

@EliotBR

You’ll need to make sure any motion commands are sent more frequently than your vehicle’s FS_PILOT_TIMEOUT and RC_OVERRIDE_TIME parameters (you may need to send the same command several times), or change those parameters to disable the pilot input failsafe and stop rc overrides from timing out.

Note that the failsafes are there for safety reasons, so while it is technically possible to disable them it’s not something we would recommend. I would be more inclined to suggest having a loop that regularly sends the current specified output value for each motion axis, and then have a calculation process that updates which values are specified.